Cambodia: Receiving Free Health Care in Preah Vihear
In 2012, 78 percent of the poor nationwide (around 1.17 million cases) in Cambodia benefited from the World Bank #39;s Health Service Delivery grant. Watch the video about how 16 Makara, a hospital...
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Wiz Hotep on Real Healing Versus The Medical Industrial Complex
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WINTER PARK The assignment was simple: Think back to those hours stuck in the emergency waiting room or about the physician who put you at ease when you received treatment, Dr. Chet Evans told his Rollins College students.
The essay is part of a new class, as the private college is offering a health-care management bachelor's degree for the first time. Evans, a medical educator and surgeon, wanted his students to reflect on their past experiences as he trains them to be future hospital administrators or run a nursing home someday.
Rollins is following the national trend of more small liberal-arts schools offering degrees in the health industry, one expert said. By 2016, the Winter Park school expects to offer three masters-level health degrees as well.
"A lot of time people think liberal-arts education means religion and history and philosophy," said Georgia Nugent, a senior fellow on the Council of Independent Colleges.
Not so, she said, as many schools now teach about health care just as they added degrees in business and environmental studies in past years.
"What remains really crucial for a college like Rollins, you remain faithful to your core mission," Nugent said.
Rollins can do both be a liberal-arts school and offer professional training, said David Richard, the dean of the Hamilton Holt School, which runs the evening health classes.
"This is part of a bigger issue going on at Rollins. What does a 21st-century liberal arts institution look like?" Richard said.
Rollins professors are supportive but asked questions to understand the rationale behind the changes, said faculty president James McLaughlin.
"I think the reactions would be what you expect from a small liberal-arts school," Richard said.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The health care sector has become the hot target for hackers in recent months, according to researchers at Symantec, a leading cybersecurity company that says it's also seeing big increases in "spear-phishing," "ransomware" and efforts to exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities in software used by a wide range of industries.
After a wave of high-profile attacks on banks and retailers over the last two years, almost 80 percent of the calls to Symantec's global "incident response" service since December have come from health organizations, said Robert Shaker, a Symantec official who oversees the commercial service.
While usually seeking valuable patient and employee data, hackers who target health organizations may inadvertently disrupt computer systems that oversee medication and other life-saving treatments, Shaker said during a press event Monday.
The health sector's vulnerability to hackers was underscored earlier this year when Anthem, the giant insurance firm, reported a data breach affecting up to 80 million customers. But as each sector strengthens its defenses, Shaker said, hackers move on to new industries that may be vulnerable. He predicted schools and universities may be the next big targets.
Higher education is "another area very similar to health care," where administrators have historically been less focused on computer security, said Shaker. He noted that university computer networks hold a variety of valuable data, including financial records for students and employees, as well as scientific and medical research.
Several universities have already reported large data breaches in recent months, according to reports compiled by the nonprofit Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, which says the University of Maryland, North Dakota University and Butler University in Indianapolis have disclosed that hackers obtained personal identifying information for hundreds of thousands of students.
Symantec Corp. is one of the biggest companies in a growing industry that sells software and expertise for defending against cyberattacks -- so it has a vested interest in highlighting security threats. But findings in its annual Internet Security Threat Report, released this week, generally echo observations of other industry experts.
Along with an overall jump in the volume of malicious software, Symantec said it's seeing an increase in software designed specifically to siphon information from smartphones and other mobile gadgets. It also counted a surge in certain kinds of "spear-phishing" attacks, in which hackers send deceptive email or text messages to consumers or company employees, hoping they will click on a link that infects their computers with malware.
In a particularly dramatic trend, Symantec reported almost 9 million incidents of "ransomware" attacks last year, more than double the total from 2013. "Ransomware" programs aim to extort money from computer users through various threats. One typical program displays a message that says child pornography or other illegal material has been found on the user's computer, and demands the user pay a fine to avoid prosecution. But in a trend that has boomed over the last year, Symantec says, hackers also use software that encrypts files on the target computer -- making them unusable -- and demand payment to de-encrypt them.
Some hackers have added extra code to "ransomware" that remains on a computer and even adapts itself to carry out other tasks, such as siphoning valuable information, said Kevin Haley, Symantec security response director.
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NEW YORK (The Deal) -- KPMGsaidMonday it is buying health careconsulting firmBeacon Partners,a move that allows the Big Four accounting firm provide better consulting to its clients in the technology area.
Weymouth, Mass.-based BeaconPartners offers strategic management and clinical and information technology consulting services to health care providers.
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The deal for Beacon Partners, terms of which were notdisclosed, continues KPMG's use of acquisitions to adjust to the shifting health care landscape. Companies in the U.S. have had to evaluate their financial position, technology capabilities and how patients use their services to become more profitable and efficient. This shift has also posed new challenges for consultants and business advisory shops such as KPMG as they try to serve their clients and their changing needs.
For New York City-based KPMG, the dealis its ninth in the past 17 months and its fourth in the health care space over that same period.
"We are committed to the health care industry and realized that there were some areas that we weren't as strong as others within the company," said Liam Walsh, KPMG's U.S. advisory industry leader, health care and life sciences, in a phone interview. "We profiled a lot of companies and when we met with [Ralph Fargnoli, Beacon's founder] we had a similar vision on how we saw the industry going and where we wanted to take the business."
Beacon Partners was founded in 1989 by Fargnoli with the goal of helping health care companies navigate different technology platforms. The company currently offers consulting service in the fields of revenue cycle management, business intelligence, M&A and population health, among other things.
The acquisition comes after KPMG deals for Cincinnati-based Zanett Commercial Solutions in June, which bolstered the acquirer's health care IT focus, and forCynergy Systems,a Baltimore-based mobile technology company that will also help the health care practice.
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Supercomputers and genetic engineering could help boost crops' ability to convert sunlight into energy and tackle looming food shortages, according to a team of researchers.
Photosynthesis is far from its theoretical maximum efficiency, say the authors of a paper in Cell, published on 26 March. They say that supercomputing advances could allow scientists to model every stage in the process and identify bottlenecks in improving plant growth.
But the authors add that far more science spending is needed to increase yields through these sophisticated genetic manipulations, which include refining the photosynthesis process.
"Anything we discover in the lab now won't be in a farmer's field for 20 to 30 years," says lead author Stephen Long, a plant biologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in the United States. "If we discover we have a crisis then, it's already too late."
The paper says that, by 2050, the world is predicted to require 85 per cent more staple food crops than were produced in 2013. It warns that yield gains from last century's Green Revolution are stagnating as traditional approaches to genetic improvement reach biological limits.
Instead, the group says crops such as rice and wheat, which evolved the more common C3 method of photosynthesis, could be upgraded to the more efficient C4 process found in crops such as maize, sorghum and sugar cane.
This could be done by transplanting genes from C4 plants to widen the spectrum of light the receiving plants can process and improve their growth, the scientists say.
Long's lab has demonstrated in a soon-to-be-published paper that inserting genes from cyanobacteria, a type of photosynthetic bacteria, into crop plants can make photosynthesis 30 per cent more efficient. A project backed by the philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now attempting to convert rice from C3 to C4
The paper identifies two steps necessary to achieve these gains. First, techniques that allow researchers to insert genes into targeted parts of the genome must be translated from microbe biotechnology into plant biotechnology. Second, existing partial computer models of crop plants must be combined into a complete simulation.
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New Rochelle, NY, April 14, 2015--Obstetricians and gynecologists have a unique opportunity to educate and encourage minority women to nurse their infants to help reduce persistent racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding. As part of prenatal care, ob/gyns should promote the known health benefits of breastfeeding and help identify potential barriers their minority patients may face, according to an article in Breastfeeding Medicine, the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Breastfeeding Medicine website until May 14, 2015.
Coauthors Katherine Jones, Michael Power, PhD, John Queenan, and Jay Schulkin, PhD, from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American University, and Georgetown University, Washington, DC, present data from a comprehensive literature review demonstrating lower rates of breastfeeding initiation and continuation for some racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. compared to White women. By understanding the cultural and social factors and the inadequacies of the healthcare system that may affect a minority woman's decision to breastfeed and her attitudes toward nursing, ob/gyns may be better able to help their patients overcome obstacles to nursing.
In the article "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Breastfeeding," the authors provide information such as what programs and techniques can positively impact these rates and they urge ob/gyns to use these data to support breastfeeding in their clinical practices and in public policy.
"The persistent disparities cast shame on our healthcare system, a system that continues to short change that part of our population that is most in need of the benefits of breastfeeding," says Arthur I. Eidelman, MD, Editor-in-Chief of Breastfeeding Medicine. "Hopefully clinicians will incorporate the information in this article into their daily activities and reverse this negative situation."
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Breastfeeding Medicine, the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, is an authoritative, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal published 10 times per year in print and online. The Journal publishes original scientific papers, reviews, and case studies on a broad spectrum of topics in lactation medicine. It presents evidence-based research advances and explores the immediate and long-term outcomes of breastfeeding, including the epidemiologic, physiologic, and psychological benefits of breastfeeding. Tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed on the Breastfeeding Medicine website.
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New Rochelle, NY, April 14, 2015--Malaria is a critical health problem in West Africa, where traditional medicine is commonly used alongside modern healthcare practices. An herbal remedy derived from the roots of a weed, which was traditionally used to alleviate malarial symptoms, was combined with leaves and aerial portions from two other plants with antimalarial activity, formulated as a tea, and eventually licensed and sold as an antimalarial phytomedicine. The fascinating story and challenges behind the development of this plant-based treatment are presented in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine website until May 14, 2015.
Dr. Merlin Willcox (University of Oxford, U.K.), Dr. Zphirin Dakuyo (Phytofla, Banfora, Burkina Faso), and coauthors discuss the antimalarial and pharmacological properties of the herbal medication derived from Cochlospermum planchonii (a shrubby weed known as N'Dribala), Phyllanthus amarus, and Cassia alata. The authors provide a unique historical perspective in describing the early evaluation, development, and production of this phytomedicine. They present the ongoing research and challenges in scaling up cultivation and harvesting of the plants and in production of the final product. The article also describes other traditional uses of the medication, such as to treat hepatitis.
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The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published online with Open Access options and in print. The Journal provides observational, clinical, and scientific reports and commentary intended to help healthcare professionals and scientists evaluate and integrate therapies into patient care protocols and research strategies. Complete tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed on The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine website.
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research, including Alternative and Complementary Therapies, Medical Acupuncture, and Journal of Medicinal Food. Its biotechnology trade magazine, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry's most widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's 80 journals, books, and newsmagazines is available on the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers website.
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New research published online in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), reports that children with "bubble boy disease" who undergo gene therapy have fewer infections and hospitalizations than those receiving stem cells from a partially matched donor. The research is the first to compare outcomes among children with the rare immune disorder -- also known as X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1) -- receiving the two therapeutic approaches.
Children with SCID-X1 are born with a genetic defect that prevents them from developing a normal immune system. Because they are prone to life-threatening infections, infants with SCID-X1 must be kept in a sterile, protective bubble and require extensive treatment for survival beyond infancy. Infants with SCID are most likely to survive if they receive a stem cell transplant from a fully matched donor -- typically a sibling -- a procedure that replaces an infant's diseased stem cells with healthy donor cells. Following a successful fully matched transplant, infants with SCID-X1 are able to produce their own immune cells for the first time.
In the absence of a fully matched stem cell donor, infants with SCID-X1 may receive a transplant from a partial, or "half-matched," donor -- typically their mother or father. They may also undergo gene therapy, a much different approach. Gene therapy for SCID-X1 involves extracting an infant's own bone marrow, using a virus to replace faulty genetic material with a correct copy, and then giving "corrected" bone marrow back to the patient. Half-matched stem cell transplant and gene therapy represent secondary treatment approaches for infants with SCID-X1. Until recently, researchers had not yet compared outcomes among children treated with each respective approach.
"Over the last decade, gene therapy has emerged as a viable alternative to a partial matched stem cell transplant for infants with SCID-X1," said lead study author Fabien Touzot, MD, PhD, of Necker Children's Hospital in Paris. "To ensure that we are providing the best alternative therapy possible, we wanted to compare outcomes among infants treated with gene therapy and infants receiving partial matched transplants."
Dr. Touzot and colleagues studied the medical records of 27 children who received either partial-matched transplant (13) or gene therapy (14) for SCID-X1 at Necker Children's Hospital between 1999 and 2013. The children receiving half-matched transplants and the children receiving gene therapy had been followed for a median of six and 12 years, respectively.
The researchers compared immune, or T-cell, development among patients and also compared key clinical outcomes such as infections and hospitalization. Investigators observed that the 14 children in the gene therapy group developed healthy immune cells faster than the 13 children in the half-matched transplant group. In fact, in the first six months after therapy, T cell counts had reached normal values for age in more than three-fourths (78%) of the gene therapy patients, compared to roughly one-fourth (26%) of the transplant group. The more rapid growth of the immune system in gene therapy patients was also associated with faster resolution of some opportunistic infections (11 months in gene therapy group vs. 25.5 months in half-matched transplant group). These patients also had fewer infection-related hospitalizations (3 in gene therapy group vs. 15 in half-matched transplant group).
"Our analysis suggests that gene therapy can put these incredibly sick children on the road to defending themselves against infection faster than a half-matched transplant," Dr. Touzot said. "These results suggest that for patients without a fully matched stem cell donor, gene therapy is the next-best approach."
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Cambridge gene therapy startup Voyager Therapeuticsjust wrapped up a $60 million Series B round to advance its treatments for conditions of the CNS like ALS and Parkinsons disease. Voyager is using the money to advance its five clinical and preclinical programs, as well as a platform developed around adeno-associated viruses.
New investors include Brookside Capital and Partner Fund Management, with participation from Wellington Management, Casdin Capital and two undisclosed blue chip investment funds. This roundsright on the heels of an impressive $45 million Series A from Third Rock, which was completed just about a year ago as the company launched.
Voyagers gene therapiesare in different stages of completion, with its Parkinsons therapy the most advanced:
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Time to reverse our assumptions - Futurist Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard Learning Technologies 2015
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In his article, "Five Foreseeable Risks" futurist Jack Uldrich says, "The future may be unknowable. This does not, however, imply organizations cant prepare for it."
Uldrich travels the world working with organizations and helping them prepare for the future. Having just addressed West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Florida last week, today Uldrich will address BCBS of North Carolina in Raleigh discussing his future-proofing philosophy of "The Big AHA." AHA is Uldrich's acronym for Awareness, Humility and Action and he firmly believes leaders and workers who embrace those tenants and practice them diligently will not simply be prepared for the future--they will prosper in the future.
AHA enables insurance organizations to weather such future altering factors. Those factors include economic instability, economic disruption, digital wildfires --the spread of misleading viral information accelerating beyond control, radical life-extension--the effect of millions of octogenarians living a decade or more longer, which Uldrich says, "will be profound,"and unilateral geo-engineering proposed by some scientists in order to help cool the planet.
Healthcare and technology, however, are just one area Uldrich excels in addressing. He also specializes in keynotes and strategic planning sessions for organizations in agriculture, education, energy, finance, retail and manufacturing. His major clients include United Healthcare, the American Medical Association, Allina, as well as Wells Fargo, IBM and Lockheed Martin.
Uldrich paints vivid pictures of what the world may look like in just a few short years. He provides an in-depth exploration of how the Internet of Things, Big Data, social media, robotics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, renewable energy and collaborative consumption will change everyday life for everyone in the very near future.
This week, following his address with BCBS of NC in Durham he will speak in Raleigh addressing the North Carolina Association of Electric Coops and then head to Green Bay to address Foth and Van Dyke.
Parties interested in learning more about him, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website. Media wishing to know more about either the event or interviewing Jack as a futurist or trend expert can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.
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